Red Moscow

There are only seven or eight police officers in Khimki. With this little force, it is obviously beyond their ability to block the several exits of the town. Therefore, the sheriff first thought of asking for help from the garrison in the town. Since the German reconnaissance troops attacked Khimki town, the original garrison squad has been increased to a garrison platoon. With their assistance, it is still no problem to block the several exits of the town.

Thinking of this, the sheriff picked up the phone again and called the garrison platoon leader.

When a voice came from the receiver, the sheriff hurriedly said politely: "Hello, I am the sheriff of the town. I have important things to do and need to talk to the garrison platoon leader."

"I am the garrison platoon leader," a strange voice came from the receiver: "Comrade sheriff, what can I do for you?"

"A suspicious officer was found in the town. I have contacted the bureau and they will soon send people to the town to search for him." The sheriff said respectfully: "Before the large force arrives, I am worried that he will escape, so I hope to use your power to block several exits of the town to prevent suspicious people from escaping."

But the garrison platoon leader seemed uninterested in the sheriff's request. He said impatiently: "Comrade sheriff, now that the war is over, how could there be any suspicious people sneaking into the town? I think you are too nervous."

The sheriff was not discouraged when he heard the garrison platoon leader say this. When he called the director of the bureau just now, the other party also looked indifferent, but when he heard that the suspicious person was discovered by General Sokov, his attitude immediately took a 180-degree turn. Now, I can try the same rhetoric against this unwilling garrison platoon leader.

"Comrade Platoon Leader, in fact, this suspicious person was not discovered by our police." The police chief said, "It was discovered by a general who came to Khimki to visit his relatives."

"A general who came to Khimki to visit his relatives?" The platoon leader still said in a disapproving tone: "How dare he conclude that the person he saw was a suspicious person?"

"Comrade Platoon Leader, if someone else said it, I might still be skeptical." The police chief continued, "But the general who discovered the suspicious person was none other than General Sokov, who had made great contributions in Khimki."

"Who, who are you talking about?" The platoon leader couldn't believe his ears when he heard the other party mention Sokov's name, and hurriedly asked, "Comrade Sheriff, who did you just say, can you repeat it again?"

"General Sokov!" The police chief guessed the name he said from the change in the platoon leader's tone, which shocked the other party. He continued, "It was the garrison squad led by him that successfully prevented the German reconnaissance troops from breaking into Khimki. . He came to Khimki today to visit his father-in-law and mother-in-law. When he was shopping in the officer store, he happened to meet the suspicious officer, so he came to me and asked me to find out the details of the officer. "

"Have you found out the details of the officer?"

"No, but there must be something wrong with the other party." The sheriff said: "Two of my subordinates met the officer on the road. When they went forward to check his ID, he pushed my subordinates down and turned around and ran away. My subordinates chased for a while, but failed to catch up, so they reported the matter to me. I just reported the matter to the bureau, but the people they sent to assist in the search will take some time to arrive, so I would like to ask you to send someone to help block the entrance and exit of the town. "

"No problem, no problem." When the platoon leader learned that it was Sokov who found the suspicious person, his thoughts immediately changed. Sokov, his predecessor, has always been his idol. Being able to perform in front of his idol can become his capital for bragging in front of others in the future. However, before agreeing to the chief's request, he asked another question: "By the way, comrade chief, you said that General Sokov came to Khimki Town. I wonder where he is now?"

"My subordinates reported to me that General Sokov went to the family quarters of the instrument factory." The chief replied: "We only know that his father-in-law and mother-in-law are workers of the instrument factory, but we don't know who they are."

After hearing the chief's reply, the platoon leader was a little disappointed: "That's a pity. Comrade chief, I will immediately order the troops to enter each exit to assist your subordinates in carrying out the blockade task."

More than ten minutes later, the soldiers of the garrison platoon were scattered at several exits of Khimki Town to assist the police in checking people leaving the town to prevent the suspicious captain from escaping the town.

At this time, Sokov and Asiya had already arrived at the family quarters of the instrument factory and were chatting with their father-in-law, Bakanidze.

Someone knocked on the door, and Bakanidze got up and opened the door. It was the neighbor next door who came to borrow tools to repair his house. Seeing Sokov sitting in the living room, he greeted him and asked Bakanidze in a low voice: "When did your son-in-law arrive?"

"Just arrived a few minutes ago, what happened?"

The neighbor continued in a low voice: "I just came back from the town. I don't know what happened, the army and the police set up a checkpoint at the exit, and it seems that they are searching for someone. Your son-in-law's return today, is it related to him?"

"What does it have to do with him?" Bakanidze asked puzzledly: "Although he is a general, he has no specific position now, and it is impossible for anyone to harm him. I think the blockade of the town exit must have nothing to do with him."

After the neighbor said a few more words, he took the tools and left.

When Bakanidze spoke to his neighbor, although his voice was very low, Sokov could still hear a few words. As soon as Bakanidze came over, he asked curiously: "What did the neighbor say just now? I seem to hear some kind of blockade?"

In fact, even if Sokov didn't ask, Bakanidze still wanted to ask if the exit from Khimki Town being blocked by the army and police had anything to do with his son-in-law. Since the other party asked first, he naturally did not hide anything: "The neighbor said that when he came back from the town, he found that the exit was blocked by the army and the police, who seemed to be searching for someone. He even felt that this blockade The action is about you.”

After saying this, Bakanize laughed and said: "He is so whimsical. He thinks that because you came to my place today, the exit of the town being blocked has something to do with you."

Hearing what Bakanidze said, Sokov was stunned for a moment, but then he thought that the police chief might have followed his advice and searched for the suspicious captain throughout the town, so he said in an uncertain tone: "I I thought, maybe the town’s blockade really had something to do with me.”

"What's going on?" Bakanidze asked in confusion.

Sokov told Bakanidze what happened when he met the strange captain when he was shopping in the officer's store. Finally, I specially emphasized: "As a soldier, you will never forget to carry your military ID at any time. You must know that during the war, if you are unable to provide valid ID when you encounter interrogation, you may be regarded as a deserter or a deserter." The enemy arrested me. Although the war was over, I didn't carry my military ID with me, and I forgot to do so many times. This was obviously a problem, so I went to the town police chief and asked him to check the captain's ID. Details."

"Oh, so that's it." After figuring out what was going on, Bakanidze nodded and said, "Maybe it was the police chief who thought you were right, so he united with the garrison in the town to block the exit of the town. , to prevent suspicious persons from escaping the town.”

After a pause, Bakanidze took the initiative and said: "There is only one garrison platoon in the town, plus the police at the duty point, there will be no more than fifty people. With just their number, we have to find a suspicious person in the town." I'm afraid the personnel are far from enough. Do you think I need to tell the factory director and ask him to send out the militia to assist?"

Sokov felt that since the Sheriff had blocked the exit from the town, he must have had a detailed plan, so there was no need for him to add any extraneous details. He waved his hand at Bakanidze and said: "I don't think it's necessary. If they feel that they don't have enough manpower, they will definitely call the instrument factory for help. Since they didn't call, it proves that they are capable of coping with the current situation. We Just don’t be too enthusiastic or make others unhappy.”

"Okay, Misha." After listening to Sokov's words, Bakanidze nodded: "Since they feel they have the ability to solve this matter, we don't have to meddle in their own business."

After the food was placed on the table, Asya, who had just come out of the kitchen, asked Sokov curiously: "Misha, what did you and my father talk about just now?"

"He asked me if I would leave you again in the near future." Sokov held Asiya's hand and said with a smile: "I told him that I will never leave your side for half a step before the child is one month old. of."

Sokov's words made Asiya feel happy, but she still said: "But if your superiors want to send you to perform some tasks, I think you should go, don't let me and the child hold you back. "

Sokov secretly thought, if he replied to Ustinov as soon as possible and said that he was willing to work in the General Ordnance Department, would that mean that he would not have to leave Moscow in the next few years? If this is the case, when you get home, you will call him and express to him your intention to stay and work in the General Ordnance Department.

"Bakanidze, Bakanidze." When everyone was about to start eating, there was a sudden knock on the door, and at the same time, someone shouted loudly outside: "Are you at home?"

Bakanidze stood up and walked quickly to the door, and asked the person at the door: "I'm at home, what can I do?"

"That's it, Bakanidze." The person outside the door said: "The factory just received a call from the town's police chief, saying that they found a suspicious person and wanted to conduct a search, but they were struggling with manpower. It wasn’t enough, so I called us for help.”

"What did the factory director say?"

"The factory director asked you to take a militia company and rush to Khimki town immediately to assist the army and police in blocking the road and entering the town to search."

"Just wait a moment, I'll be there right away."

After Bakanidze finished speaking, he ran back to the table, then grabbed a few slices of bread and stuffed them into his pocket. He said to Sokov: "Misha, now it's the turn of the militia from our instrument factory to take action."

Sokov considered that he had caused this incident. He couldn't have hundreds of people searching for the suspicious captain while he sat at home and ate with peace of mind. He quickly stood up and said to Bakanidze: "Wait a minute, I will go with you."

In this way, Sokov drove his barrel truck and drove Bakanidze at the front of the convoy, heading towards the town.

On the way, Bakanidze asked Sokov curiously: "Misha, do you think that person has escaped?"

"I don't think so." Sokov shook his head and said, "When I met him, he bought a lot of food. Judging from the quantity, he was not alone here. There must be accomplices with him. Even if he found something strange, it would be impossible for him to leave in such a short time."

When the convoy arrived at the east entrance of the town, Sokov saw a roadblock in front. There were two policemen and a dozen soldiers carefully checking everyone who came out of the town.

Seeing the convoy coming, a second lieutenant immediately ran out of the crowd. He asked loudly from a distance: "Is it the militia company of the instrument factory?"

"Yes, we are from the militia company of the instrument factory." Bakanidze pushed open the door, stepped on the pedal, leaned out half of his body, and shouted to the second lieutenant: "I am the company commander Bakanidze."

Sokov was shocked to see Bakanidze making such a dangerous move, and hurriedly stopped the car to prevent him from accidentally falling off the car.

As soon as the car stopped, the lieutenant ran to the front of the car, raised his hand to salute Bakanidze, and said: "Captain Bakanidze, please disperse the people to the various exits of the town and assist our people in blocking them to prevent suspicious people from escaping the town."

When Bakanidze got out of the car to assign tasks to the platoon leaders in the cars behind, Sokov also got out of the car from the other side and asked the lieutenant: "Comrade Lieutenant, how is the situation in the town? Has the sheriff led people to start the search?"

The lieutenant did not answer Sokov's question immediately, but looked him up and down and asked: "Who are you?"

"I am Admiral Sokov!" After Sokov stated his identity, he put his hand in his pocket: "Do you need to see my ID?"

When the lieutenant heard Sokov state his identity, he stood at attention and saluted: "You "Okay, General Sokov!" When he put down his hand, he said awkwardly, "There's no need to check your ID. Your photo is on the honor roll of our base. You were wearing casual clothes today, so I didn't recognize you for a while."

Since the other party recognized his identity, Sokov didn't waste time talking to him, but asked directly, "What's the situation in the town? Have you started the search?"

"Not yet, Comrade General." As soon as the lieutenant finished speaking, he saw Sokov frown slightly and hurriedly explained, "There are too few police officers in the town. They have all been dispersed to block the exits, so the search has not been carried out yet. But don't worry, the sheriff has reported the situation here to the bureau, and the reinforcements sent by the bureau will arrive soon. After the reinforcements arrive, it won't be too late to start the search in the town."